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New mutations inactivating transferrin receptor 2 in hemochromatosis type 3.
Blood - 1 May 2001
Roetto A, Totaro A, Piperno A, Piga A, Longo F, Garozzo G, Calì A, De Gobbi M, Gasparini P, Camaschella C
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis usually results from C282Y homozygosity in the HFE gene on chromosome 6p. Recently, a new type of hemochromatosis (HFE3) has been characterized in 2 unrelated Italian families with a disorder linked to 7q. Patients with HFE3 have transferrin receptor 2 (TFR2) inactivated by a homozygous nonsense mutation (Y250X). Here the identification of 2 new TFR2 mutations is reported. In a large...
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